Most pathetic EBay purchase

[cyrus]

Ok so I have to admit that I made a really pathetic auction purchase recently - a "polonium" antistatic brush - that was expired (polonium expires, apparently) -- for about the same price as a new one...

Don't ask.

Of course, it was nice to have something made out of polonium - an extremely dangerous substance in real life, used almost exclusively to power satellite batteries.

So, in the hopes of getting some comiseration, what is the worst photography-related Ebay purchase youre willing to admit to?

[Gordon Moat]

A repair foot for a Nikon SB-26 Speedlight. Might sound like a good idea, but the problem was that I already had a replacement foot for this Speedlight and simply forgot. So the first replacement foot was maybe a good idea, but not much need for two of them.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat

[Capocheny]

Can't say that I've ever made a "pathetic" purchase off of the bay... maybe, an over priced bid on occasion but never pathetic!

Hopefully, I'll NEVE make one!

Cheer

[Ole Tjugen]

A thingy.

Don't know what it is, but it says "Linhof" on it so it's got to be good for something. Right?

[BrianShaw]

I'll never tell. I'm still embarassed by my ignorance. And it's been several years!

[John Kasaian]

I've got a spare room full of the stuff!

[Ash]

hmmm... a Zenith-E that arrived smelling of mold. a Rolleikin adapter that was the wrong version for my Rolleicord... and non photographic, etch-a-sketch keychain

[David A. Goldfarb]

I've bought a number of nice Perrin leather bags on eBay and took a chance on one that was really cheap, based on a blurry picture. When it arrived, I opened the box to find a musty smelling bag packed in a decaying remnants of a foam mattress. I cleaned it up as best I could, and I use it as a tool bag.

[davidb]

A like new Hasselblad 503cw kit for $1000 including overnight delivery.

[Ted Harris]

WELL I guess I can admit that I bought a Fuji Blimp stuffed toy two years ago ... just seemd like for $5 I really had to have it.